Frequently Asked Questions

El RGPD o el Reglamento General de Protección de Datos crea un conjunto armonizado de normas aplicables a todos los tratamientos de datos personales por parte de organizaciones (públicas o privadas, independientemente de su tamaño) establecidas en el Espacio Económico Europeo (EEE) o dirigidas a personas físicas en la UE. El objetivo principal del RGPD es garantizar que los datos personales disfruten del mismo alto nivel de protección en todo el EEE, aumentando la seguridad jurídica tanto para las personas como para las organizaciones que procesan datos, y ofreciendo un alto grado de protección a las personas.

El Reglamento entró en vigor el 24 de mayo de 2016 y es aplicable desde el 25 de mayo de 2018.

Controllers should formally submit their EU-wide certification criteria to:

1. the competent data protection authority (DPA) in the EEA country where the scheme owners have their headquarters;
2. the competent data protection authority (DPA) in the EEA country where a certification body operating the certification mechanism have their headquarters, considering the member state in which the most certificates are likely to be issued.

Under the GDPR, certification is conducted by national certification bodies or by the competent national data protection authorities (Art. 42(5) GDPR).

For further information, we recommend contacting the relevant national DPA for your organisation. You can find a overview of all EEA DPAs here.

You can find further information regarding certification in the EDPB guidelines on the topic: Guidelines 1/2018 on certification and identifying certification criteria in accordance with Articles 42 and 43 of the Regulation - version adopted after public consultation

El CEPD publica regularmente comunicados de prensa, noticias, blogs y otros contenidos en el sitio web del CEPD y sus canales de redes sociales (Twitter: N.º @EU_EDPB; LinkedIn: Consejo Europeo de Protección de Datos) para mantener a la comunidad de protección de datos y al público en general al día de su labor.

El sitio web del CEPD también tiene dos canales RSS, a los que puede suscribirse para recibir actualizaciones automáticas sobre las noticias del CEPD y las últimas publicaciones del CEPD.

Unfortunately, the EDPB cannot consider late contributions as part of the public consultation.

Certification bodies are accredited by the national data protection authorities (DPA) or by the national accreditation body (named in accordance with Regulation 17065/2012). For further information regarding certification bodies, we recommend contacting the national DPA in your country. You can find an overview of all EEA DPAs here.

You can find further information regarding accreditation of certification bodies here: Guidelines 4/2018 on the accreditation of certification bodies under Article 43 of the General Data Protection Regulation (2016/679)

We are constantly working on the translation of our documents into the official EU languages.
All static content, as well as press releases and documents officially adopted by the Board, such as Guidelines, will be made available in these languages.

This process takes time and various steps need to be completed in order to provide translations of the best quality.

Please note that documents undergoing public consultation are usually not translated. It is only after the public consultation has been concluded and a final version of the document has been adopted by the Board that these documents will be translated.

The GDPR puts in place clear procedures in case of a data breach. If a data breach poses a risk, companies and organisations holding your data have to inform the relevant data protection authority within 72 hours or without undue further delay. If the leak poses a high risk to you, then you must also be informed personally.

For more information on data breaches, please consult the EDPB Data Protection Guide for small business.

If you believe your data protection rights have been violated you can contact the organisation holding your data, contact your national data protection authority (DPA), or go to a national court.

DPAs can conduct investigations and impose sanctions where necessary. You can find the contact details for all EEA DPAs here.

All individuals residing in the European Economic Area (EEA) have the right to the protection of their personal data.

More specifically, under the GDPR, you have several rights

• Right to be informed
• Right of access
• Right to rectification
• Right to restriction of processing
• Right to data portability
• Right to object
• Right not be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing.

For more information on your rights, please consult our leaflet The GDPR and your rights or the EDPB Data Protection Guide for small business.